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...April 24, BC head coach Tom Mutch abruptly resigned from his post. The school issued a statement, commending Mutch on a successful tenure and saying that he had left to “pursue other interests...
...result of bipartisan pressure, often because of bald incompetence or gross interference with the IG mission. At the same time, a number of good IGs have felt undermined or even been forced out by their political superiors after uncovering major problems; Clark Kent Irvin, for one, encountered resistance from Tom Ridge at Homeland Security after highlighting porous weapons detection at airports, the lack of consolidated terrorist lists, and pre-Katrina inadequacies at FEMA. More than 60% of IGs appointed by Bush had prior political experience - either at the White House or as Republican congressional staff - while fewer than...
...Tom Colicchio, a judge on Bravo's Top Chef and the owner of the Craft restaurants in New York City and Los Angeles, says food costs still make up 28% to 32% of an entrée's price--only now that means some of his entrées are $50. "The high-end restaurants are looking for stuff made by the small farmer, and this stuff just costs more money," he says. "If you have a small farmer that makes 40 chickens a week, it's going to cost more than a factory farm that's making 4,000 chickens...
...official story of how health-care reform was conceived in Massachusetts could hardly have been less inspiring--or promising. In the earliest days after Mitt Romney's election in 2002, goes the tale, the new Governor of Massachusetts sat down in his office with his old friend Tom Stemberg, founder of the Staples office-supply chain. "There are lots of things you can do to make this state better," Stemberg told him. "But if you really want to make a difference in the long term, you should fix the health-care system." Romney did not exactly jump at the prospect...
...After all, while Patriots quarterback Tom Brady assaults the gaudy single-season passing records set by Colts QB Peyton Manning, the defending Super Bowl champ, the best players in baseball and hoops, Alex Rodriguez and Kobe Bryant, are sabotaging their sports with selfishness...